Patents Assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Reserach
  • Inhibitors of yeast filamentous growth and method of their manufacture
    Publication number: 20060260007
    Abstract: The invention broadly relates to the use of ?, ?-unsaturated fatty acids to inhibit the filamentous growth of fungi and yeasts and to a method for producing same. In particular the invention relates to the use of optionally substituted C8 to C15 ?, ?-unsaturated fatty acids or salts, esters or amides thereof for inhibiting or retarding the yeast-to-mycelium transition of organisms having a dimorphic life cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Applicant: Agency for Science, Technology and Reserach
    Inventors: Lian-Hui Wang, Lian-Hui Zhang